What an excellent work is that with which our common friend, Mr Adam Smith, has enriched the public!-an extensive science in a single book, and the most profound ideas expressed in the most perspicuous language. (Adam Smith)

What an excellent work is that with which our common friend, Mr Adam Smith, has enriched the public!-an extensive science in a single book, and the most profound ideas expressed in the most perspicuous language.

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